Articles about New and Emerging Technologies
Neurotechnologies through the lens of human rights law
Emerging technologiesTechnologies whose development and application are not completely realised or finished, and whose potential lies in the future. [...] challenge us to rethink the ways in which our fundamental rights as human beings are protected by law. What happens, for example, to the right to not self-incriminate if advanced neurotechnologies in the courtroom can provide insights into a defendant’s mental state?
Digital extended reality through the lens of human rights law
Emerging technologies challenge us to rethink the ways in which our fundamental rights as human beings are protected by the law. For instance, how might digital extended reality (XR) affect online safety and the emerging rights to be online and to disconnect?
Climate engineering through the lens of human rights law
Emerging technologies challenge us to rethink the ways in which our fundamental rights as human beings are protected by law. For example, how do your rights as an individual stack up if your local environment is affected by climate engineeringTechEthos defines climate engineering as a technology family which enables the modification of natural processes [...] More activities aimed at addressing global climate change?
Exploring emerging technologies through the lens of human rights law
Emerging technologies challenge us to rethink the ways in which our fundamental rights as human beings are protected by law. Find out more about the human rights impact assessment carried out by TechEthos for its three emerging technology families: Climate Engineering, Neurotechnologies, and Digital Extended Reality.
Key findings highlight implications of new and emerging technologies
Now at the halfway point of this three-year project, the TechEthos consortium is delighted to publish three sets of key findings that enhance our understanding of the implications of our three technology families.
Joining forces with like-minded projects to address ethical and societal issues of new technologies
TechEthos has established a cluster of 16 EU-funded projects, creating a platform to exchange, collaborate and create synergies together. On 4 March 2022, these 16 EU-funded projects came together for an online kick-off meeting to align on common goals and find ways to collaborate in the future.
Reviewing the horizon scan: Selecting the TechEthos technology portfolio
We present more detail on the methodology used to select the TechEthos technologies of focus – the horizon scan.
Introducing the TechEthos technology families
Based on a wide-ranging horizon scanning of over 100 new and emerging technologies, TechEthos selected three families of technologies that are expected to have disruptive socio-economic and ethical implications which will now be the main focus point for the TechEthos project.
Book review: Thinking AI with a hammer. Kate Crawford’s Atlas of AI (2021)
Anais Resseguier (Trilateral Research) reviews Kate Crawford’s 2021 book Atlas of AI for the journal AI and Ethics, as part of TechEthos’ work on Extended Digital Reality technology familyA technology family is a collection of technologies that share techniques that have common goals [...].
Adopting Ethics by Design: Lessons from the SIENNA Project
Ethics by DesignThe implementation of ethical, legal, and societal values [...] is an approach for ensuring that a technology or system is aligned with ethical values and principles.
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